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Show The Sloyd School In boston.. But perhaps the school presents nohi. c these sights, but a very different one; a sight half sad, yet not without a ray of gladoessj a picture not composed of trained teacherg yr boisterous youths or prattling children eagerly listening and as eagerly speakinj, but of a group of deaf and dumb. Ajid now, ff ever, yoa may see what Intense enthusl asm may be thrown into manual training. The poor unfortunates deprived of hearirjp and of speech find here a new field Id wblcr to exercise their minds and express their ideas. By their disabilities they are enabled to concentrate their minds better than their more fortKmate brethren, and even outstrip tbem in excellence of workmanship. Among the boys there is a deaf mute somf 10 years of age who snrpastses all others in the school, a result attained not isj superior talent but by close application. Near hira another boy of magnificent build and great ability dashes off his work now planing, nw carving, irith a master hand. On the other side of the room, in the midst of that row of girls neat, even pretty girls there are tvri most noticeable; one a brunette, whose quick, observant eye omits nothinj while her snow white hand deftly draws and carefully carves the modeL Beside her stands a quiet blonde with blue, thoughtful eyes, carefully examining her model; and then, as if sudden ly discovering some new principle, makes a gesture of joy and resumes her work. At the close of the exercise she takes the finished model to her teacher, and, with ' a pleasant smile, joyful fealings struggling for expression expres-sion in her soulful face, says, in the deaf mute language, "I love this work." F. B. Ar-grimsson Ar-grimsson in Popular Science Monthly. |
